Won the Retina Lottery

I received my rMBP back a few days ago and was greeted to a nice Samsung screen. No dead Pixels and no more IR.

MY system went in for a logic board and screen replacement, and I am very happy to say I have no GPU throttling or over heating issues.

On my system both the Logic board, fans and heat sink were also replaced.
The system now much cooler, in bootcamp running some games I have to OC my system to break 71c, 1035/2800.

So if you are still having issues after the SMC update then I would strongly suggest you get the system looked at. My mac is snappier and runs much cooler then my original system purchased on the release of the rMBP's.

Mine was flawless too, no dead pixels.. but they appeared after some time.. one by one.. and in the end it was at least 20 dead pixels.. got screen replaced, went back to no dead pixels, and after a few months, theres a few now, but they are so small i only notice them if i go up close.. so i don't care about them.

Mine was flawless too, no dead pixels.. but they appeared after some time.. one by one.. and in the end it was at least 20 dead pixels.. got screen replaced, went back to no dead pixels, and after a few months, theres a few now, but they are so small i only notice them if i go up close.. so i don't care about them.

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Yes, but you paid thousands for a laptop with dead pixels? I would not settle for that. It's not good enough.

Mine was flawless too, no dead pixels.. but they appeared after some time.. one by one.. and in the end it was at least 20 dead pixels.. got screen replaced, went back to no dead pixels, and after a few months, theres a few now, but they are so small i only notice them if i go up close.. so i don't care about them.

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Is your screen LG or Samsung? Wonder if one or the other is more prone to dead pixels

Just got my pentalobe screwdriver from iFixit and opened up my 2.6/16/500 rMBP, air duster and microfiber in hand up expecting dust everywhere (had it for about 4 months). After all, I've had to do the same for my previous notebooks on a regular basis.

Anyway I was surprised to see very minute traces of dust on the bottom case lid. And that's it. The fans, chips and logic board were exceptionally clean.

Now I know these things aren't made with fairy dust, but man this thing is beautifully built and designed!

Yes, but you paid thousands for a laptop with dead pixels? I would not settle for that. It's not good enough.

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if you can't see them with normal usage, in my book thats good enough.. people expect 100% perfect MacBooks and study them 8 hours a day just to find a small spot so they can get it replaced.. it's sad, and a waste of time.. if you sit around and check every darn pixel with a magnifying glass for hours a day, you're using your computer wrong.

if you can't see them with normal usage, in my book thats good enough.. people expect 100% perfect MacBooks and study them 8 hours a day just to find a small spot so they can get it replaced.. it's sad, and a waste of time.. if you sit around and check every darn pixel with a magnifying glass for hours a day, you're using your computer wrong.

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Sure, some people expect 100% perfect in terms of appearance, not a hardware defect. The screen is the selling point and most important part - you look at it all the time, so having dead pixels is a big annoyance.

if you can't see them with normal usage, in my book thats good enough.. people expect 100% perfect MacBooks and study them 8 hours a day just to find a small spot so they can get it replaced.. it's sad, and a waste of time.. if you sit around and check every darn pixel with a magnifying glass for hours a day, you're using your computer wrong.

I received my rMBP back a few days ago and was greeted to a nice Samsung screen. No dead Pixels and no more IR.

MY system went in for a logic board and screen replacement, and I am very happy to say I have no GPU throttling or over heating issues.

On my system both the Logic board, fans and heat sink were also replaced.
The system now much cooler, in bootcamp running some games I have to OC my system to break 71c, 1035/2800.

So if you are still having issues after the SMC update then I would strongly suggest you get the system looked at. My mac is snappier and runs much cooler then my original system purchased on the release of the rMBP's.

Cheers

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Maybe it's just me, but I would consider "winning the Retina lottery" getting a screen/logic board/heat sink that work from the beginning and don't need to be sent in and replaced for it to work right. But it's great that you're happy with what you have now!

Maybe it's just me, but I would consider "winning the Retina lottery" getting a screen/logic board/heat sink that work from the beginning and don't need to be sent in and replaced for it to work right. But it's great that you're happy with what you have now!

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I would agree, but compared to others who have had issues. I'm considering myself lucky. And to expect a perfect machine on 100% of Apple sales, is just not possible. No manufacturer would commit to that, there are just too many variables that could go wrong. And the machine seemed to perform well when I originally received it, it wasn't till an SMC update and several months later that the symptoms began to show.

But yes it would have been extremely nice to have gotten this from the get go.

if you can't see them with normal usage, in my book thats good enough.. people expect 100% perfect MacBooks and study them 8 hours a day just to find a small spot so they can get it replaced.. it's sad, and a waste of time.. if you sit around and check every darn pixel with a magnifying glass for hours a day, you're using your computer wrong.

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Purchased Macbooks/iMacs should be as good and defect free as the ones on display in the Apple Store. If one is not then it is defective and should be replaced.

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